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GUOWING. 



longer and narrower, the multiplication table will adjust matters to a 

 nicety. Thus, six rows of Carrots, each row 11 yards long, mean 

 66 yards run of Carrots, and that quantity can be calculated for in a 

 piece of ground of any shape. 



The foregoing will show that a very large quantity of vegetables 

 can be grown on 20 square rods. As a matter of fact, a 20-rod slice 

 of land is very much bigger than most people calculate. AYhen they 

 have worked it thoroughly for a season they realise its extent much 

 better than they did before. 



Ten rods of ground will supply a very nice lot of vegetables if 

 judgment is exercised in cropping. 



A square rood (40 square rods) of ground will meet the wants of a 

 small gentleman's house with eight or ten in the family, including 

 servants. 



For large houses, with twenty or more to feed, a town house to 

 supply, and a head gardener's family to be provided for, not to speak 

 of occasional contributions to the labourers, 2 acres at least will be 

 wanted, and even with that the Potatoes must be grown outside. 



The plans on pages 9, 10, and 12 offer suggestions for cropping 

 plots of 20 rods, 4 acre, and 1 acre respectively. 



I turn to the other aspect of this question— the labour. How 

 much ground can an active man manage, (1) in his spare time, (2) with 

 his w^hole time ? 



1. To a certain extent it depends, naturally, on the amount of his 

 spare time, but, speaking broadly, 20 rods is as much as can be 

 properly managed. A man must be exceptionally energetic, and have 

 a considerable amount of leisure, to do ^ acre well . 



2. With help on special occasions, a man who gave his whole time 

 to 1 acre of ground ought to keep it well cropped and perfectly 

 clean. 



C^apter 2*-$ucce$$!ona! Croppina* 



In the science of agriculture the cropping of the land proceeds, 

 like a banquet, by " courses." There is, however, this significant differ- 

 ence, that while in the feast each successive " course " leads on by 

 steady and cheerful stages to the state of physical beatitude which 

 to some people is represented by repletion; many cultiva- 

 tors make their "courses"' items in the process of impoverish- 

 ment. 



Rotation of crops'' is a phrase that is supposed to contain a well 



